Pirates of Penzance (1983)

Editor's Note This Broadway version of the classic Gilbert & Sullivan musical comedy features almost the entire original cast. An honest young man is forced into piracy by a cruel twist of fate, but ultimately manages to return to the right side of the law, and win the girl of his dreams.

	Kevin Kline
	Angela Lansbury
	Linda Ronstadt
	Wilford Leach - Director

On his 21st birthday, Frederic parts company with the pirates who raised him after his parents were killed, and pledges to go straight. He soon falls for Mabel, one of the Major-General's eight daughters, but the Pirate King has a plot to keep Frederic in his band of rogues forever. New York Times
"...Cheerful....The principal cast is still on hand, and still a delight..." 02/20/1983 p.80

Variety
"...A delight....Everything about this rendition has been done with a hip professionalism..." 02/23/1983